Lodovico Altieri

History
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Costantino Patrizi Naro
Date	23 March 1833
Place	Rome, Papal States
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Pope Gregory XVI
Co-consecrators	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni; Giovanni Giacomo Sinibaldi
Date	16 July 1836
Place	Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Gregory XVI
Date	14 December 1840 (in pectore); 21 April 1845 (announced);

History
Ordination history of; Lodovico Altieri
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Costantino Patrizi Naro
Date	23 March 1833
Place	Rome, Papal States
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Pope Gregory XVI
Co-consecrators	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni; Giovanni Giacomo Sinibaldi
Date	16 July 1836
Place	Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Gregory XVI
Date	14 December 1840 (in pectore); 21 April 1845 (announced);
Juraj Haulík Váralyai
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Lodovico Altieri as principal consecrator
Juraj Haulík Váralyai	10 December 1837
Luigi Guglielmi	10 May 1840
Gregorio Fistilli	7 December 1845
Giovanni Corti	25 April 1847
Francesco Emilio Cugini	28 March 1852
Gaetano Bedini	4 July 1852
Giuseppe Cardoni	7 November 1852
Giovanni Francesco Magnani	14 October 1855
Nicola Pace	14 October 1855
Pietro Maria Ferrè	29 March 1857
José Ignacio Checa y Barba	29 December 1861
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano	13 May 1866
Antonio Rossi Vaccari	1 June 1866
Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata	14 July 1867

Lodovico Altieri (17 July 1805 – 11 August 1867) was an

cardinal.^[1] He served in various capacities under various popes and belonged to a noble Roman house making him a descendant of Pope Clement X

.

The beatification process commenced under Pope Benedict XVI and Altieri has been titled as a Servant of God.

Life

Lodovico Altieri was born in

baptized

in the parish of San Marco mere moments after his birth.

He was

priesthood

in Rome on 24 March 1833.

He was named after his ordination as the qualificator for the

co-consecrators were Giovanni Soglia Ceroni

and Giovanni Giacomo Sinibaldi.

He was also appointed as the

apostolic nuncio to Austria just after his consecration.^[1] His aide in the nunciature was the future cardinal Gaetano Bedini

. It was he who encouraged Bedini to expose himself to the Church's diplomatic atmosphere.

The pope created him as a cardinal but reserved him in pectore on 14 December 1840. His name was not announced until 21 April 1845 and he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Campitelli (the diaconate was elevated pro hac vice to a titular rank).^[1]

He participated in the

Roman Republic together with cardinals Luigi Vannicelli Casoni and Gabriele Sermattei della Genga

.

He was the aide for the Congregation for Memorials from 1855 to 1857 and was later appointed

Basilica of Saint John Lateran on 8 March 1863.^[1] Altieri had little interactions with Giovanni Bosco and once sent him in 1867 funds for Bosco's apostolic work in Turin

.

During the cholera epidemic that affected his suburbicarian see he assisted and tended to the ill though contracted it himself and died of it later on 11 August 1867. His funeral took place in Santa Maria in Campitelli and his remains were interred in Campo Verano before being transferred.^[1]

Beatification process

The beatification process commenced under

Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the nihil obstat ("no objections") and titled him as a Servant of God

on 14 March 2009. The diocesan process of the investigation was inaugurated in Albano on 22 November 2009 and concluded its investigations later on 26 September 2015.

The current postulator for this cause is Ulderico Parente.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Salvador Miranda. "Consistory of December 14, 1840 (XVI)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley, George (1932). Italy in the Making: 1815 to 1846. Cambridge University Press.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Pietro Ostini	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria 18 July 1836 – 21 April 1845	Succeeded by Michele Viale-Prelà
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Soglia Ceroni	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus 11 July 1836 – 21 April 1845	Succeeded by Alessandro Asinari di Sanmarzano
Preceded by Adriano Fieschi	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Campitelli 21 April 1845 – 24 November 1845	Succeeded by Himself
Preceded by Himself	*Cardinal-Priest pro hac vice* of Santa Maria in Campitelli** 24 November 1845 – 17 December 1860	Succeeded by Francesco Pentini
Preceded by Tommaso Riario Sforza	Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church 19 March 1857 – 11 August 1867	Succeeded by Filippo de Angelis
Preceded by Costantino Patrizi Naro	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano 17 December 1860 – 11 August 1867	Succeeded by Camillo di Pietro
Preceded by Girolamo D’Andrea	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index 5 September 1861 – 11 August 1867	Succeeded by Antonio Saverio De Luca
Preceded by Benedetto Colonna Barberini di Sciarra	Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran 8 March 1863 – 11 August 1867	Succeeded by Costantino Patrizi Naro

[CH-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Salvador Miranda. "Consistory of December 14, 1840 (XVI)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[2] Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley, George (1932). Italy in the Making: 1815 to 1846. Cambridge University Press.

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Life

Beatification process

See also

References

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